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Six new ICU beds in operation in Saskatchewan hospitals
Six new intensive care unit beds have opened in Saskatchewan, with five more to be added before the year is out.
The provincial government said in its March budget it would be spending $12.5 million to add 11 ICU beds in the province this year, increasing the total from the 79 the province currently has — a number that was surpassed during the fourth wave of COVID-19. On Oct. 18 of last year, there were 85 people with COVID in Saskatchewan’s ICUs.
The government’s goal is to get the number of ICU beds in Saskatchewan to 110 by 2024-25.
“Our government has taken crucial steps forward to begin delivering on our commitment to provide more ICU beds to benefit our sickest patients, such as those requiring surgery and advanced procedures,” Health Minister Paul Merriman said in a media release Monday.